Photography Sessions

I found a photography class online through my friend Ann. So in the next few weeks I'll begin to post what I learn....or think I have learned. I'm sorry if this bores ya'll, but I need someplace to write my thoughts and compare pics! What better place than the blog!

Week 1: Aperture

The size of your aperture depends on how much of your picture is in focus. So, the bigger the hole on the display, the more light that comes through the camera, therefore the less of your photo will be in focus. The smaller the hole, the less the light through the camera, therefore the more of your photo is in focus.

Picture 1:

On this baby I used the Aperture or f-stop on the lowest setting. Meaning a wide hole on my display. See how the background is blurry?

Picture 2:

This picture was taken using an f-stop of 8. Meaning the hole on the camera was in the middle size. See how the background is a little clearer?

Picture 3:

Ok, so this one is a little blurry...but the f-stop was set to 22 which means it was a bigger hole on the display. The background is supposed to be in more focus, which I'm thinking it would be had I not been shaky!

Week 2:

This week was on exploring the shutter speed and ISO. I had the ISO already figured out from taking pictures at the Kingdom. The shutter speed was a little different.

Picture 1:

This picture was taken with the shutter speed set at 1/80th. It didn't stop the flow of water on the picture. So, if you wanted to do a star trail or something to create a "flow" slow down the shutter speed.

Picture 2:

If you turn up the shutter speed to 1/1300th of a second it "freezes" the water. So if you were taking something on the lake....and you want water droplets...bump up your shutter speed.

** It's still hard for me to tell this....but hopefully on a sunny day I can try it in our kitchen sink!

Week 3:

This week works on lighting. Even outdoors there are different types of light from soft in the morning, to cooler during the mid-day, to orange at sunset. You can set your white balance on the camera according to different lighting you are under.

Picture 1:

This pic was taken using the lights on in the kitchen as they are usually. The white balance was on auto.

Picture 2:

This picture was taken setting my camera to the light bulb setting. It's a little softer looking...not as harsh looking.

Picture 3:

This picture was taken creating a custom white balance using a white piece of paper before hand. It's a soft picture but the white isn't as blown looking.

Well sorry this blog was so boring, I think I'm learning a lot, but we'll see!